A boring description for a boring os
- Has a github repository
- Compiles (in theory)
- Basic VGA output
- Heap & Paging
- Double fault protection
- Simple allocator with new allocator API
- Interrupts and PIC
- Keybaord driver with PS2 Support
- Make shell actually usable
- Multitasking
- Get more information about host system
- PCI driver
- Networking?
- Filesystem?
This should install everything needed to get started from a clean ubuntu 16.04 installation
Install rustup
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
Source the new rust environment variables
source $HOME/.cargo/env
Clone the repository and cd into the folder
git clone https://github.com/aeleos/BoringOS && cd BoringOS
Tell rustup to use the nightly
rustup override add nightly
Install xargo for compiling the toolchain
cargo install xargo
Add the rust-src component
rustup component add rust-src
Install some dependencies
sudo apt install qemu xorriso nasm grub-pc-bin
Build toolchain and BoringOS
make run